A Review: KARMA POLICE #1

Jack is a young Buddhist monk in Los Angeles, and she’s
believed to be the reincarnation of the order’s greatest warrior. She’s very
good at the monk thing, but she’s also kind of a teenager. One of the monk
leaders senses a great disturbance in Portland, so Jack and her teacher go to
investigate. They find some strange happenings in the city’s best strip club,
and the adventure starts rolling from there.

This story has a cool balance of mystery and monastery (one
might say “kung fu meets SVU”). It also blends in some comedy, which lightens
the mood enough to make dealing with the monsters a bit easier. There are
plenty of story layers here, and the art does a nice job of shifting from the
mundane to the magical and back again.

This is not the first story to contain adventuring monks,
but there are quite a few original twists and turns in here to keep the reader
interested. And lots of promise for more twists and turns. Check this one out.